P3D Re: Flash/Strobe Question

[Sid Herbage <sid@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I picked up a Honeywell Auto/Strobonar 770 over the weekend at a garage
>>sale, and it works fine (I mean it flashes, I haven't shot film with it
>>yet).  Now, this old unit (60's vintage?) has 4 nicad rechargeable batteries
>>installed in it, and they are old and a bit leaky and do not work at all.
>>I'd like to replace the nicads, but I have no idea of the voltage.  Any one
>>remember the old Honeywell strobes, or have a clue (or good guess) on the
>>nicad voltage?  There are 4 cells connected together, each cell is slightly
>>smaller than a C size battery.  And, anyone have a favorite source for
>>nicads in strange sizes?
>
>
>Ni-cads are always 1.2 volts per cell, no matter how big the cell is.  You
>can probably find solder-tab nicads of the exact same size at an electronic
>parts store.  (Not Radio Shack.)  If you buy solder tabs, you can solder
>them together easily.

One point (learned the hard way). If you are going to be messing around
with the batteries in a strobe, make sure the storage capacitor is
discharged and preferably keep it shorted with a resistor across it until
just before you close it up. You can get quite a nasty shock off these
things.
... sid (sid@xxxxxxxxxx)


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